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F-f l v PATENTED MAR 1858 @einen tette @anni @ffice Lene@ Patent N0. 75,114, dared March s, 186s.

IMPBGVIED WASH-EGARD.

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Be it known that I, JACOB H. BEIDLER, ol Lincoln, in the county of Logen, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wash-Boerds; anddo hereby declarethat the following is full, clear, end exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, ande-'to .thel

letters of reference marked thereon.

, In the annexed drawing, making part of'this specification, A represents the frame of a. wash-board, which, in general construction and shape, may be very similar to those in common use. The face of the board, represented in Figure 1, and marked B, is corrugated or grooved longitudinally. C represents a. corrugntedmetallic plate, which is secured upon the face of the board B, its corrugations running crosswise of the board. This plaite is provided in its gutterswith a series of perforations Or small holes, which, (when the board is being used for washing) allow the dirt and dirty water, as it is pressed or rubbed from the clothing, to pass through it and awayinto the bottom of the tub along the grooves in the face B." In Figure 2, I use a coarse wire screen. The meshes of the screeupermit a free passage of the dirty water from the clothes, while thel irregular and rough surface of the screen gives sufficient friction for wash-ing purposes. The screen 4 mziy be made of large-sized wire, with its meshes about an eighth of en inch in'diameter, but Ido not propose to confine myself to either the size of the wire or the meshes. This wire screen wllbe placed overa. corrugated board, B, whichnot only serves to support and strengthen it, but lxlso to convey away the dirty water which passes through it.

The peculisn featureof my invention consists in perfor-ating the'face-plate, or` providing the open face of u. wnsh-.boerrl with a, wir.e screen, so that dirt and dirty water may be allowed to escape freely throughit, as it is pressed or set free from clothing in the'process of washing, used in connection with the corrugated board B, constructed as described.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

. The corrugated perforated face-plate C, in combination with the longitudinally-corrugated board B, when. used in a. wash-.board es and for the purpose set forth. i

In'testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 28th day of Jennery, 1868.

' JACOB H. BEIDLER.

` Witnesses:

' C. M. ALEXANDER,

J. M. MASON. 

